Ray Charles(Civil Right)
Summary Ray was not born blind this is why he knew how to play the piano very well. I said that cuz' i thought he was born blind when i saw the tittle of this movie in ethe cinema. Ray has one little brother who died when he was a childhood by failing into the tub that his mother use for her job as laundry. Ray was so confused when he saw his brother fail into the tub, he didn't know that his lil brother couldn't get out of the tub as he tried. Anyway Ray supposed that he killed his brother and he was always felt sorry about it and always in his imagination.
After while Ray became bline, I was not so clear about why he became bline but the tear kept running out of his eyes until he didn't see anything. I do adore his mother, she is the perfect mother and she's deserved to be one. Ray's mother always taught him to be strong and to help himself, Stand on his own feet as a blind. Just like one thing she said;
You may be blind but you ain't stupid
This woman is amazing, she worked so hard and always had her own motto to teach her son. I like her ^__^!.
Before Ray became blind he learnt the piano from the old guy who play piano in the pub at the place where he lived. Ray came from the south and I had some information that people on the south played Gospal music which is about God or something that put the words that about God in the lyrics.
The thing that i don't understand is why when he became famous and he wanted to play his own music with the Gospal stuffs, and some people resisted him. How could his music related to the Rock 'n Roll??I'm still quite behind for the american music but I'm doing my best to learn..^_^!
So when it's time for Ray to go to school, his mother left him to the blind school. i didn't understand the way she did for him but anyway when Ray grew up he'd found himself as a pianist and he did it excellently!
Ray had one wife but during his music on the road he was such a playboy( i don't like this thing about him) and he used drug. He got caught once but the record company helped him out. Then he started doing his music again but he still didn't give up the drugs. Ray became more and more famous but oly one thing was drugs. Finally he tried so hard to give up the drugs by stay in the hospital did the treatment until it's done.
Ray also became accepted by the union and the other people who did't like him before. He got many reward. And he passed away 2 years ago! in 2004..i didn't know that before..lol
My opinion & What I have seen -Jazz music + R&B music
: It's the music that Ray played I think. I'm not so sure but i guess Jazz+R&B= Rock 'n Roll music?
-Gospal Music
: I didn't know what's wrong with this type of music that made some people resisted Ray. It's the music that coulor skin people from the south play and it's about God. I don't know what's wrong with it?
-Playboy
: Even blind man, when he became famous and artist many girls wanted to be with him. I don't really agree with his idea to be a playboy. And what i have found that the guy who's truely has the artist blood, they are playboy because they looked charming in front of girls.
-Drugs
: in the movie they said he had the heroin, it was so awful time that he addictive to it. I like to seen that his wife ,Bea, came to him and told him about his son's successful with his sport. then she said if u don't give up the drug u would loss one thing that u love more than me and my son and everything that is "music"..i think that one made Ray think about and started to do the treatment for quicking the drugs..^_^
-The Change
: I'm still talking about music(cuz' in the movie it's about music) and how it change. It's like fighting between the modern attitude people and conservative people. Conservative and Religionist couldn't accept on what Ray did on his music as Ray tried to change things.
I think it's always like this for many period of time in every kind of thing for example the people who discovered science the conservative people would think they didn't respect the nature and so. But finally we need science and that make now aday people are more open with changing and innovation stuffs.
Patton(WW II)
Summary The feeling of watching this move is quite different from the other movie " Thin Red line" although both movies are about the war but i could feel something different when u watch it.
Patton is the movie about the World war between USA and Germany. The guy in the picture he was a captain in the movie. He is so pround and has got a completely solider's blood. Russia also joint the USA this time and finally Germany lost the war. I'm sorry that i can't explain too much about the War cuz' id on't really how could i begin it. I'm not really good at telling the story about the history during the World War time.
The guy in the picture his name is George, he is a very pround man. He had a lot of his motto and he knew what his life and what he wanted his country to be.
I don't know what to write about this movie but i can just say that I like this movie..lol I'm sorry Ajarn i coudn't write much.
The last movie "Ray" i'm going to finish before this weekend..
James Brown VS Chuck Berry
Compare and contrast the two artists backgroundsCompare:-they both are colour skin.
-Both of them got arrested 2 times had to be in the prison.
- First time of the arrested reason was Robbery
Contrast:- James Brown: his music is kind of R&B, but they mention about Jazz + R&B become Funk music..I'm not sure if he is the one who create this type of music himself.
- Chuck Berry: his music is Rock&Roll, he began with Blues music to Rock&roll music
-James Brown: grew up in a poor family and the Great depression era
- Chuck Berry: grew up in the middle class family
- James Brown: had many wife and his life was related with drugs problem and it was the reason made him went to the prison for the second time.
Show examples of their work and describe what they sing aboutJames BrownArtist: James Brown
Song: I Feel Good
Album: Turn It Loose
Whoa-oa-oa! I feel good, I knew that I would, now
I feel good, I knew that I would, now
So good, so good, I got you
Whoa! I feel nice, like sugar and spice
I feel nice, like sugar and spice
So nice, so nice, I got you
{ sax, two licks to bridge }
When I hold you in my arms
I know that I can't do no wrong
and when I hold you in my arms
My love won't do you no harm
and I feel nice, like sugar and spice
I feel nice, like sugar and spice
So nice, so nice, I got you
{ sax, two licks to bridge }
When I hold you in my arms
I know that I can't do no wrong
and when I hold you in my arms
My love can't do me no harm
and I feel nice, like sugar and spice
I feel nice, like sugar and spice
So nice, so nice, I got you
Whoa! I feel good, I knew that I would, now
I feel good, I knew that I would
So good, so good, I got you
So good, so good, I got you
So good, so good, I got you
HEY!!
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This song "I feel good"
Although it's quite short but i like this song. And i'm not wondering why it's popular because his vacal was like he really did feel good! the vacal of happiness mix with the instruments.
He's probably talking about his love that he feel good to be in love or sth.He is the other artist that i think he is real because he wrote and express and sing in his real feel. So u could feel him or even u could feel happy with him too.Chuck Berry Chuck Berry - No Particular Place To Go Lyrics
Riding along in my automobile
My baby beside me at the wheel
I stole a kiss at the turn of a mile
my curiosity running wild
crusin' and playin' the radio
with no particular place to go
Riding along in my automobile
I's anxious to tell her the way I feel
So I told her softly and sincere
and she leaned and whispered in my ear
cuddlin' more and drivin' slow
with no particular place to go
No particular place to go
So we parked way out on ko-ko-mo
The night was young and the moon was gold
So we both decided to take a stroll
Can you image the way I felt
I couldn't unfasten her safety belt
Riding along in my calaboose
Still trying to get her belt a-loose
all the way home I held a grudge
for the safety belt that wouldn't budge
Crusin' and playing the radio
with no particular place to go
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I think in this song he's probably writing about him and his girl in the car when they had got no place to go..lol
actually the song is alreay tell itself about what happen.
but what i actually like about this music is the instrument..it's really typicall rock&roll that i 've hear from Elvis's musics before.
How did each artists contribute to the rock sceneAjarn-->I'm not sure about this question?
what is the rock scene u mean?
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What connections, if any, did the artists have to the blues sceneIf Blues scene you mean the hard time. I guess they both have as they had got many problem.
James Brown--> was born poor, he is African_American(for sure he didn't get the best treat from the society), got troble with drugs, been in the prison twices, he had got many wifes mean that he couldn't really find the perfect love.
Chuck Berry--> he was not poor like James Brown, but he'd been to the prison twice, even got trouble with women about the camera stuffs.
Which artists did you prefer? Why?- I think I prefer James Brown although he'd got problem with drugs many times.
But i like his music and they way he express his vocal you could really feel him.
The Thin red Line(WW II)
I don't really know how to begin to write about this movie because i don't really like the Wa and i needed to be so patient to watch this movie until it's done.
But anyway it's a movie about the War between USA and Japan. There was the Island that Japanese miritary set up the Airport. It's on the top of the Island. The Us. army went to the Island by Boat and got into the Island to fight with Japan. There were so many Us. soldiers died because there were really no place to hide from the machine gun. there were grass everywhere.
It's too bad that the more powerful soilder was so mean to the small soldier who didn''t have any power. He kept commanding the soldiers to get into the top of the island and they died.
The movie began with this picture that this guy in the picture he ran away from going to fight to the war. He was afraid. But anyway the Us. Army got him back.
IN the movie what I have seen was only shoooting ,fighting, people died, they scared and the high position soldier was very mean and selfish kept commanding without consideration.
On the above picture, the guy who was holding the phone was so selfish because the soldiers needed some water so they would have energy. The captain asked him for water to soldiers and he didn't give them water.
I think this guy was a main actor in this movie because the story kept expressing his thought. He didn't want to fight. He was a peaceful man and he had to go to the war. He had a girlfriend back home and he kept thinking about her during he was in the war. But he died at the end of the movie also Japan lost in the Island.
But the movie isn't end like that. The US. soldiers still going to the other places to fight.
About what I've seen in the movie- Us. Men had to go to the war and left their family home.
- Many Us. soldier died because of the war.
- The powerful with High position soldier was selfish.
The Wizard of OZ
ActorsDorothy: a young innocent girl who love her dog. She fight for everybody’s right.
Good witch: the witch that help Dorothy in the story.
Scarecrow: Dorothy’s friend whom Dorothy met and helped him on her way to see Wizard OZ. He said he didn’t have a brain.
Tin man: Dorothy’s friend whom Dorothy helped him also. But he was sad because he said he didn’t have heart.
Coward Lion: Dorothy’s friend who didn’t have any encouragement to be the King of a forest or Jungle.
Toto: Dorothy’s Dog
Wicked witch: The bad witch who wanted only power and even want the re
Summary ACtually i don't know why A. Cecil gave me this movie because it's not a moive about American culture at all but now i know that maybe it's the movie that people in the Great Depression period watch.
Anyway It's the story about the girl name Dorothy. Dorothy has a dog name Toto and she loves her dog so much.One day the landlord came to her home and blamed Toto and she took Toto with her to punish. Toto was a smart dog he escaped from the basket that the Landlord took with her. Toto came back to Dorothy, she was so happy and also scared that the Landlord would come back and took Toto from her again. So she decided to run away from home.
On the way Dorothy met the futune tell, who were the fake fortune teller, he pretended that he knew why Dorothy was there and run aways from. He told her that her auntie was so sad that Dorothy left home and now she was sick. Dorothy was very worry about her Auntie Em so she went back home.
Before Dorothy was arriving home there were such a big herrican came along her city and took everything away. Dorothy tried to get into her house but she didn't see anybody. Dorothy fail asleep and the herrican moved her house into the rainbow.
Dorothy house fail down on the bad Witch and she died left only the red shoe. Dorothy met the good witch and she gave the red shoe to Dorothy because she deserved it as she killed the bad witch. Dorothy told the good witch that she wanted to went back home. But the good witch said there was the only person who could help her was the Wizard of Oz. So Dorothy decided to go to see him.
On her way to Wizard Oz she met 3 new friends
The first one was Scarecrow, he said he didn't have brain and he wanted it. Then Dorothy asked him to join her way to Wizard Oz to help him to get the brain.
The second friend was Tin man, he said he didn't have heart and he wanted. Then he jointed the way to Wizard Oz with Dorothy.
And the last new friend was Coward Lion, he was shame himself cuz' he didn't have a braveness. Then he also jointed Dorothy's way to Wizard Oz.
Dorothy and three new friends went to Wizard Oz, until they got to see the wizard oz he told her to do one thing was getting the bloom from the bad witch from the other side of the rainbow. And they did but unfortunately they found out later that wizard Oz was just a professor, he didn't have any magic.
Finally he had got an idea to help Dorothy's friend by saying that everybody has their brain, heart and braveness but they didn't use it.
The professor was going to help Dorothy by taking her with him with the Balloon but there was something happen that Dorothy missed the Balloon.
The good witch appeared to help Dorothy went back home and Dorothy got home with her eyes open and she saw everybody. She told everybody about where had she been to but nobody believe her. And the last thing she said
No any places like home and she wouldn't run away from home anymore
My opinionI think this is more a movie of entertaining people. You just feel like you were Dorothy and following her adventure. But i think this movie is also teaching the watchers many things.
It's like when the Scarecrow told Dorothy that he doesn't have brain. so Dorothy asked how could he speak without brain. then the scarecrow said
so many people speak without thinking that's why he could speak
and i think it's actually true..lol
And even when the professor said he couldn't give anybody brain, heart or braveness because they had already gotten it. I agree with him, Dorothy's friends had all what they needed but they didn't use it so they didn't know thay they had one.
but anyway, some people may think that it's a boring movie but i like it..*_^ Thanks A. Cecil for giving me this movie. I've heard about it but i didn't really know what would the movie look like.
Bound for Glory (Great depression)
summaryIt is a dramatic movie that is related to the reality of
Woody's life. He was an amazing guy. The movie was actually so depressing because at that time Texas, the town that Woody live, had got so many problem for example the
dust storm and
unemployment.
People in the
Texas were just wishing to move to
California for the better life and job. First Woody didn't believe that things would be better if he moved his family to the California. He tried his best for having the great life in Texas.
But things became worsen after Texas was faced to the dust storm. He decided to go to California alone. It was such a terrible time until he got to the California there were so many obstacle because he didn't really have any money to travel there properly.
Fortunately he was an artist. It's just in his blood that he could sing and paint very well. With his Talent he could get a chance to be signed to the record company. First he got the job by meeting one singer that time population were so depressing they really needed the entertaining, so the singer was just raveling around and sing for the unemployed people or any other crowd to entertaining make them relax.
Woody met that single when he came to sing for the unemployed crowd. The singer had discovered Woody's talent then he took Woody to cast and Woody got a job since then.
Woody was becoming famous and richer so that he called his family at Texas to move to live with him.
More Woody worked in the record company more he got tired of the manager because he was forced to sing some songs that he didn't write himself or even rushed him to get the new list of songs.
Woody had such a strong artist blood. He was tough with his boss because Woody didn't like anybody to tell him what to do. He care a lot for his Glory. So he didn't really care about the job anymore. Woody's wife scared of becoming poor again so she tried to ask him about the job and family. They had a big fight one day and later she left Woody because she was just felt unsecure.
Too bad that his wife didn't know Woody was getting a big chance for being a singer in the hotel to sing on the stage for rich people. But anyway Woody didn't like the job and he was just left the cast.
Woody had left a great chance of getting more money and came back to sing on the street encourage unemployed people, poor people and any other people who he could meet on the ground.
Woody's CharacteristicsI am telling u how impressive I was when i watched this money. Woody's characteristices were so outstanding then any others in the movie.
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Optimistic: is the first thing I saw in the movie, He kept smiling eventhough he knew there was nothing good really happen to his life at that time.
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Artistic: it was so strong inside Woody's blood. The songs he wrote were just came out from his heart and his soul. He wrote the song very well and it made him famous because he wrote the song that exactly what people at that time felt like and face to.
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Tought: Oh yeah! he was such a tough guy. I like all the words that came out from his mouth. He was not fake at all. He could even be tought with his manager who gave him the job. This is amazing! he didn't really care..lol
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Generousity: I couldn't believe that he gave away his 50 dollar to the guy who he took his car with. He gave 50 dollar to that guy because the guy drove with 2 young kids and when they arrived to the boarder of California people had to pay 50 dollar to get into the place.
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Flirty: this is the only big thing i don't like about him because he slept with 2 ladies whom were not his wife on the way to Califoria. First lady he met on the way and the second one he met at the Lady Aid Associate. It was still good of him that he told the truth that he had wife and children..lol
Things that I've learned, or got from the movie* We are all have trouble and hard time. Nobody's trouble is harder than the others tt's just how would we look at the trouble to be look like. If we would just be like Woody, I'm sure there will be the way out someday soon.*_^
